diff --git a/agent/src/main.rs b/agent/src/main.rs
index ea7568b87..0477c414d 100644
--- a/agent/src/main.rs
+++ b/agent/src/main.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ lazy_static! {
     pub static ref DISCOVERY_RESPONSE_TIME_METRIC: HistogramVec = prometheus::register_histogram_vec!("akri_discovery_response_time", "Akri Discovery Response Time", &["configuration"]).unwrap();
 }
 
+/// Environment variable name for setting metrics port
+const METRICS_PORT_LABEL: &str = "METRICS_PORT";
+
 /// This is the entry point for the Akri Agent.
 /// It must be built on unix systems, since the underlying libraries for the `DevicePluginService` unix socket connection are unix only.
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -53,9 +56,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>
 
     let mut tasks = Vec::new();
 
+    let port = match std::env::var(METRICS_PORT_LABEL) {
+        Ok(p) => p.parse::<u16>()?,
+        Err(_) => 8080,
+    };
+
     // Start server for Prometheus metrics
     tasks.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
-        run_metrics_server().await.unwrap();
+        run_metrics_server(port).await.unwrap();
     }));
 
     let discovery_handler_map = Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
diff --git a/controller/src/main.rs b/controller/src/main.rs
index 82d6d0c35..fafe5b15e 100644
--- a/controller/src/main.rs
+++ b/controller/src/main.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ lazy_static! {
     pub static ref BROKER_POD_COUNT_METRIC: IntGaugeVec = prometheus::register_int_gauge_vec!("akri_broker_pod_count", "Akri Broker Pod Count", &["configuration", "node"]).unwrap();
 }
 
+/// Environment variable name for setting metrics port
+const METRICS_PORT_LABEL: &str = "METRICS_PORT";
+
 /// This is the entry point for the controller.
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>> {
@@ -37,9 +40,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>
     let instance_watch_synchronization = synchronization.clone();
     let mut tasks = Vec::new();
 
+    let port = match std::env::var(METRICS_PORT_LABEL) {
+        Ok(p) => p.parse::<u16>()?,
+        Err(_) => 8080,
+    };
+
     // Start server for prometheus metrics
     tasks.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
-        run_metrics_server().await.unwrap();
+        run_metrics_server(port).await.unwrap();
     }));
 
     // Handle existing instances
diff --git a/samples/brokers/udev-video-broker/src/main.rs b/samples/brokers/udev-video-broker/src/main.rs
index 407186b68..d69364558 100644
--- a/samples/brokers/udev-video-broker/src/main.rs
+++ b/samples/brokers/udev-video-broker/src/main.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>
     info!("{} Udev Broker logging started", API_NAMESPACE);
 
     tokio::spawn(async move {
-        run_metrics_server().await.unwrap();
+        run_metrics_server(8080).await.unwrap();
     });
 
     let env_var_query = ActualEnvVarQuery {};
diff --git a/shared/src/akri/metrics.rs b/shared/src/akri/metrics.rs
index 3b5687785..ae416c533 100644
--- a/shared/src/akri/metrics.rs
+++ b/shared/src/akri/metrics.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ async fn metrics_handler() -> Result<impl Reply, Rejection> {
 }
 
 /// Serves prometheus metrics over a web service at /metrics
-pub async fn run_metrics_server() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>>
-{
-    info!("starting metrics server on port 8080 at /metrics");
+pub async fn run_metrics_server(
+    port: u16,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>> {
+    info!("starting metrics server on port {} at /metrics", port);
     let metrics_route = warp::path!("metrics").and_then(metrics_handler);
-    warp::serve(metrics_route).run(([0, 0, 0, 0], 8080)).await;
+    warp::serve(metrics_route).run(([0, 0, 0, 0], port)).await;
     Ok(())
 }